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If You Improve Your Sight Singing Skills Your Self-esteem will go up!
Are you a student who wants to learn to sing or to sing better? Have you ever wanted to be in a choir? Maybe you are in a choir. Would you like to improve your understanding of how to sing? Have you ever been told when the note goes up you sing higher and when the note goes down you sing lower? That was not very helpful was it?
Do you know that music is actually an exact art? Each note vibrates at its own specific frequency. No one really thinks about the frequency when singing, but one does need to sing the right notes. Most musical numbers do not begin with a singer needing to start the singing without any help from a piano, organ, orchestra or some other instrument.
Some people think that if they had perfect pitch then they could be an outstanding singer. However, how many songs start out with the vocalist singing a note out of thin air? Even an A Cappella choir gets their pitch from a tuning fork, a pitch pipe, the piano or some other instrument. You do not often see or hear them start with the help of someone with perfect pitch giving them the note.
Most musicians have relative pitch. This is probably because they learned it. If one knows intervals then one is able to demonstrate relative pitch and one can sight read new music easily with this skill. Typically though when singing one does not think about the intervals unless there is a complicated passage and one needs to study it for a moment to figure out the correct notes to sing.
Singing is an enjoyable thing to do, especially when one is singing at church, expressing praise and adoration to God. Singing is a good way to learn. God says in Col. 3:16 Let Christ's word with all its wisdom and richness live in you. Use psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to teach and instruct yourselves about God's kindness. Sing to God in your hearts. (GW)
When one understands that music is not just some mystical thing that happens by chance: one can begin to learn and express oneself wisely and joyously in worship of the Lord Jesus.
Have you ever heard of tactile learning? Concerning music, it means that you can handle and feel the music. For instance, if you use Curwen hand signs you are visualizing, feeling and touching the notes. In addition, if you use your hand as a staff you are also seeing, feeling and touching the notes. When you clap the beat or the rhythm, you are feeling the notes.
Learning to sing is and should be fun. Learning to sing can increase your self-respect. There is no better way to enjoy a concert than to be in the concert. Just being in the rehearsals where you get to hear the music repeatedly is better than coming to the concert and hearing it only once. Moreover, once you learn to sight sing through the difficult music you will be an asset to your choir director. If all the choir members could sight sing it would save time in rehearsals. It would increase your repertoire and allow for longer concerts.
About the Author Victor King is an expert music teacher, who taught elementary music for six years and took his choirs to the state level to gain first place for five years in a row. Mr. King has taught all ages from Kindergarten to college and is now offering his expertise to help you improve your sight singing lessons and inner musicianship
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